The Internet is a valuable resource when you’re looking for videos and images to convey an emotion you’re feeling. Today, I’m a lot like this:

and I know you guys feel the same way. We’re all on the very same page today, like this:

And then I found this one while looking for the babies.

ANYWAY. It’s Opening Day. We made it. Tim Scott shared this video from 2009 Opening Day at The K, and hoo boy it makes me feel FEELINGS.

But most of all, let’s usher in the best day of the year with the happiest 30 seconds of all.

Thank you, Mr. O’Neil. Play ball.

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Ed. note: The Opening Day Countdown has been on an unplanned hold for a bit while I deal with a medical mystery. I’m probably not dying or anything, but am tired by the time I get home from work!
Today the Royals announced the signings of a bunch of players to one-year deals. They are:

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 45 days left until Opening Day on March 31.

45

is the number of double plays turned by Christian Colon last season. 3 posts this week have touched on the Royals’ possibilities at 2nd base this time last year. Now, Getz is gone and Omar Infante is basically the whole picture, right? So Colon will probably be back at Omaha.

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 49 days left until Opening Day on March 31.

49

is the number of hits given up by Aaron Crow last season, in 48 innings. It was the most hits, relative to innings pitched, Crow has given up as a Major Leaguer. So perhaps it’s not surprising that his FIP and xFIP were the highest they’ve been in his career.

I don’t have any pictures of Crow, so here’s a dog I met through MidAmerica Boston Terrier Rescue.

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 50 days left until Opening Day on March 31.

50

is the number of different players who put on a Storm Chasers uniform last season, per B-Ref. Some were everyday players, some bounced between Kansas City and Omaha, some came up from the lower minors to fill spaces for a short time. 24 were position players, and 26 were pitchers.

The exact combination of players led to an improbable, fully glorious, national championship.

Here are a bunch of them celebrating their conference championship.

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